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A Multi-level Antimicrobial Surface Coating for a Healthier Environment

NCT03795090 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2019-01-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project aimed to study the use of the multi-level antimicrobial coating in a working hospital environment. Patient privacy curtains from a public sector hospital were coated and installed in rehabilitation ward in comparison of normally washed curtains in the same setting and compared the mean reduction on both control and treatment end to assess the effectiveness of coating against hospital acquired infections including multidrug resistant organisms (MDROs).

Conditions

  • Hospital Acquired Infections

Interventions

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Regular Patient privacy curtain

Laundered curtains, used in the hospital, coming from the hospital inventory.

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Antimicrobial Coated curtains

Antimicrobial coating consist of active polymers that are approved by USFDA and USEPA.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • King Lun Yeung, PhD · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Chritropher Lai, MBChB, FRCP · Kowloon Hospital

  • Dominic Tsang, MBChB, FRCP · Kowloon Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-01
Primary Completion
2018-03-30
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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